Economy

Name any fast-food restaurant, personal care product or home good you have bought recently, and chances are it contributed to the deforestation of the Amazon. Now name a big bank ― any big bank, really.…

President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday, calling Powell an “enemy” as the Fed resists drastically altering monetary policy at the president’s whim. In a tweet misspelling the…

Thomas Heath Local business reporter and columnist, writing about entrepreneurs and companies in the Washington metropolitan area August 12 at 3:48 PM Stocks continued their August swoon Monday on fears that Hong Kong protests, falling…

While the overall U.S. stock market has surged more than 20 percent so far this year, Caterpillar stock is up less than 4 percent. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) If you are looking for signs of trouble…

The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in…